Now, if this is not the best way to start a Monday, I just don’t know what is! Milwaukee based artist Molly Evans, aka #LionelStitchie, made me feel like I was dancin’ on the ceiling when I saw this bright yellow stitching on forgotten furniture. Here’s how it all started:
“During the Summer of 2013 I set out on a mission to entertain my (somewhat grumpy) neighbor with an outdoor embroidery project on their discarded sofa that would make the seemingly unlovable couch more lovable. Weeks had gone by without a single bite; no one wanted that sad brown three-seater. I gave it a voice. More specifically, I gave it Lionel Richie’s lovable voice, and the rest is history.”
None of these photographs are currently for sale, but Molly has a suggestion for that… “What can you do with all that extra money burning a hole in your pocket? Why not donate to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, a cause near and dear to Mr.Richie” – So awesome!
{…thank you to the lovely and talented American photographer Amber Mahoney for sending me a link to this hilarious work!}
how cool!!
happy to have discovered your blog 🙂
oh thanks anne – happy that you found me : )
This definitely put a smile on my face today! People are so creative and fun. Thanks for sharing ~
Hey, I know this artist! Way to support MKE art!
Such fun–I love it!
Its hard to make me like that sofa, but they did. Funny!
ha! me too!
I love this! So whimsical. Also love you blog, keep it up–its like my daily museum visit.
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OH MY GOSH. I love these, this is so great.
Wow…when i clicked on ‘urban street art’, this is NOT what i was expecting to find! what a great surprise!! nothing better than making something out of nothing…except making something whimsically delightful out of something ugly! thank you, Molly…a fan from Racine, now in NYC.